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Five first-hand accounts of the shooting at Newtown on Dec. 14 from neighbor Gene Rosen, EMT Cathy Dahlmeyer, local mother Theresa Lestik, Officer William Chapman and Governor Dan Malloy.
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Out of Chaos, Peace: Voices of Newtown
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Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy speaks at a news conference on the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary school, where a gunman opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012, in Newtown, Conn.
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Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, right, talks with officials at a staging area following a shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. where authorities say a gunman opened fire, leaving 27 people dead, including 20 children, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012.
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Newtown police officer William Chapman was one of the first responders to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. He is photographed outside the Newtown Police Department on Friday, Dec. 28, 2012.
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Newtown police officer William Chapman was one of the first responders to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. He is photographed outside the Newtown Police Department on Friday, Dec. 28, 2012.
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Cathy Dahlmeyer, an advanced emergency medical technician with Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps, was one of the first responders to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting on Dec. 14, 2012. Photographed on Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012.
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Cathy Dahlmeyer, an advanced emergency medical technician with Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps, was one of the first responders to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting on Dec. 14, 2012. Photographed on Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012.
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Therese Lestik, with her daughter, Eva, 5, talks about the Dec. 14, 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. Eva is a kindergartner at the school in Newtown, Conn.
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Therese Lestik, with her daughter, Eva, 5, talks about the Dec 14, 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings, in their Newtown, Conn. home on Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2012. Eva is a kindergartner at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
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Therese Lestik talks in her Newtown home about the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012. Her daughter, Eva, is a kindergartner at the school.
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Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy bows his head during a moment of silence during a vigil service for victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, at the St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church in Newtown, Conn. Friday, Dec. 14, 2012.
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Gov. Dannel Malloy arrives at a press conference in Newtown, Conn., to speak about the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School Dec. 14th, 2012.
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Gene Rosen holds Kevie, one of his cats, in his Newtown home and talks about six children from neighboring Sandy Hook Elementary School he took in on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012, the day of the horrific school shooting. Photographed Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012.
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Gene Rosen stands in front of his Newtown home and shows the spot where he found six children from neighboring Sandy Hook Elementary School huddled on his lawn on Friday, Dec 14, 2012, the day of the massive school shooting. Photographed Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012.
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Gene Rosen describes coming home Friday Dec. 14, 2012, finding six children from neighboring Sandy Hook Elementary School huddled in front of his Newtown home. Photographed Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012.
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Robert and Alissa Parker, at right, leave a firehouse staging area following a shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., where authorities say a gunman opened fire, killing 26 children and adults at the school, including the Parkers' daughter Emilie Parker, 6, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012.
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Robbie Parker, the father of six-year-old Emilie who was killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, speaks during a news conference, Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012, in Newtown, Conn.
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Carlee Soto uses a phone to get information about her sister, Victoria Soto, a teacher at the Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown, Conn. Friday, Dec. 14, 2012 after a gunman killed over two dozen people, including 20 children. Victoria Soto, 27, was among those killed.
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Donna Soto (R), mother of Victoria Soto, the first-grade teacher at Sandy Hook Elementary School who was shot and killed while protecting her students, mourns with her daughter Karly (second from right), daughter Jillian (far left) and son Matthew Soto (second from left), at a candlelight vigil at Stratford High School on December 15, 2012 in Stratford, Connecticut. Twenty-six people were shot dead, including twenty children, after a gunman identified as Adam Lanza opened fire in the school. Lanza also reportedly had committed suicide at the scene. A 28th person, believed to be Nancy Lanza was found dead in a house in town, was also believed to have been shot by Adam Lanza.
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Officials are on the scene outside of Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., where authorities say a gunman opened fire inside an elementary school in a shooting that left 26 people dead, including 20 children, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012.
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Officials are on the scene outside of Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., where authorities say a gunman opened fire inside an elementary school in a shooting that left 26 people dead, including 20 children, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012.
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This aerial photo shows a triage area set up at the Sandy Hook fire station in Newtown, Conn., near where authorities say a gunman opened fire inside Sandy Hook Elementary School in a shooting that left 26 people dead, including 20 children, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012.
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First responders and families converge at Sandy Hook Fire Department near Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. Dec. 14, 2012. At least a dozen people, including children, have been killed in a school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, according to a report by ABC News. ABC News confirmed the deaths through multiple federal and local law enforcement sources. Police are still considering the school as an "active crime scene."
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Parents walk away from the Sandy Hook Elementary School with their children following a shooting at the school n Newtown, Conn. that left 26 dead on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012.
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In this photo provided by the Newtown Bee, a police officer leads two women and a child from Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., where a gunman opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012.
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School children wait for their parents at the Sandy Hook firehouse following a mass shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. that left 26 dead on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012.
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After a horrific shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School nearby, parents and children leave St. Rose School after a lockdown at the school in Newtown, Conn. on Friday December 14, 2012.
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Dozens of police stage at the Sandy Hook Fire Department after a horrific shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School nearby in Newtown, Conn. on Friday December 14, 2012.
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Parents of Sandy Hook Elementary School students look for their children at the Sandy Hook Firehouse after shootings at the school Friday, Dec. 14, 2012.
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Worried parents of Sandy Hook Elementary School students look for their childern at the Sandy Hook Firehouse after shootings at the school Friday, Dec. 14, 2012.
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Teachers walk away from the Sandy Hook School following a shooting at the school, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012 in Newtown, Conn. A man opened fire inside the Connecticut elementary school where his mother worked Friday, killing 26 people, including 18 children, and forcing students to cower in classrooms and then flee with the help of teachers and police.
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After a horrific shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School nearby, hundreds of area residents gather for a memorial service at St. Rose of Lima Church in Newtown, Conn. on Friday December 14, 2012.
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A woman comforts a young girl during a vigil service for victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012, at St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church in Newtown, Conn.
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Connecticut State Police lead children from the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., following a shooting there on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. Photo: Shannon Hicks, AP -
Jillian Soto breaks down upon learning that her sister, Victoria Soto, a teacher at Sandy Hook Elementary School, was one of the victims in the shootings on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. (Jessica Hill / Associated Press) Photo: A2012 -
Parents leave a staging area after being reunited with their children following a shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012.
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First responders and families converge at the Sandy Hook Firehouse near Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. Photo: Morgan Kaolian, Morgan Kaolian/AEROPIX -
Armed federal agents approach Sandy Hook Elementary School in response to shootings on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. Photo: Michael Duffy -
SWAT team officers on scene at the Sandy Hook Firehouse as part of the response to a multiple shootings at nearby Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. Photo: Michael Duffy -
State police respond to multiple shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., on Dec. 14, 2012. Photo: Michael Duffy -
Armed State Police respond after shootings at the Sandy Hook Elementary School on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. Photo: Michael Duffy -
An aerial photo of Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., on Dec. 14, 2012. Photo: Morgan Kaolian, Morgan Kaolian/AEROPIX -
First responders and families converge at the Sandy Hook Firehouse near Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., Dec. 14, 2012. Photo: Morgan Kaolian, Morgan Kaolian/AEROPIX -
First responders and families converge at the Sandy Hook Firehouse near Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., Dec. 14, 2012. Photo: Morgan Kaolian, Morgan Kaolian/AEROPIX -
First responders and families converge at the Sandy Hook Firehouse near Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. Photo: Christian Abraham -
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, right, talks with officials at a staging area following a shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. Photo: Associated Press -
State Police at the scene of a multiple shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012.
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A mother runs with her children as police canvass homes in the area following a shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. Photo: Associated Press -
Parents of Sandy Hook Elementary School students look for their children at the Sandy Hook Firehouse after shootings at the school on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. Photo: Michael Duffy -
Parents of Sandy Hook Elementary School students console each other outside the Sandy Hook Firehouse after shootings at the school on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. Photo: Michael Duffy -
Parents of Sandy Hook Elementary School students look for their children at the Sandy Hook Firehouse after shootings at the school on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. Photo: Michael Duffy -
Parents and children leave St. Rose School after a lockdown following a shooting at nearby Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. Photo: Christian Abraham -
State Police escort a parent and Sandy Hook Elementary School student from the Sandy Hook Firehouse after shootings at the school on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. Photo: Michael Duffy -
A parent escorts her Sandy Hook Elementary School students from the Sandy Hook Firehouse after shootings at the school on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. Photo: Michael Duffy -
State Police group outside the Sandy Hook Firehouse after shootings at the Sandy Hook Elementary School on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. Photo: Michael Duffy -
Mergim Bajraliu, 17, hugs his sister, Venesa, 9, after shootings at the Sandy Hook Elementary School on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. Venesa was in her fourth grade art class at the time of the shootings. Photo: Michael Duffy -
The Stamford Police check out a home on Bartina Lane in Stamford, Conn., belonging to Peter Lanza, the father of Adam Lanza, the alleged shooter at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. Photo: Dru Nadler -
The Stamford Police check out a home on Bartina Lane in Stamford, Conn., belonging to Peter Lanza, the father of Adam Lanza, the alleged shooter at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. Photo: Dru Nadler -
Parents and children leave St. Rose School after a lockdown following a shooting at nearby Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. Photo: Christian Abraham -
Police guard St. Rose School after a lockdown following the shootings at nearby Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. Photo: Christian Abraham -
State Police respond after shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. Photo: Michael Duffy -
Parents of Sandy Hook Elementary School students look for their children at the Sandy Hook Firehouse after shootings at the school on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. Photo: Michael Duffy -
Parents of Sandy Hook Elementary School students look for their children at the Sandy Hook Firehouse after shootings at the school on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. Photo: Michael Duffy -
Parents of Sandy Hook Elementary School students share their grief outside the Sandy Hook Firehouse following shootings at the school on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. Photo: Michael Duffy -
Parents of Sandy Hook Elementary School students talk to police following shootings at the school on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. Photo: Michael Duffy -
A grief stricken couple leave the Sandy Hook Firestation in Newtown, Conn., following the shootings at nearby Sandy Hook Elementary School on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. Photo: Christian Abraham -
Families leave the Sandy Hook Firehouse in Newtown, Conn., following a shooting at nearby Sandy Hook Elementary School on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. Photo: Christian Abraham -
First responders are gathered along the road leading to Sandy Hook Elementary School after shootings at the school on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. Photo: Michael Duffy -
First responders gather on Dickenson Road leading to Sandy Hook Elementary School after shootings at the school on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. Photo: Michael Duffy -
First responders gather on Dickenson Road leading to Sandy Hook Elementary School after shootings at the school on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. Photo: Michael Duffy -
Dozens of police coordinate activities at a staging area at the Sandy Hook Firehouse after a shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. Photo: Christian Abraham -
Parents and children leave St. Rose School after a lockdown following a shooting at nearby Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. Photo: Christian Abraham -
Families leave the Sandy Hook Firehouse where they gathered following a shooting at nearby Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. Photo: Christian Abraham -
Families leave the Sandy Hook Firehouse where they gathered following a shooting at nearby Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. Photo: Christian Abraham -
An ambulance leaves a house on Yogananda Street in Newtown, Conn., where the mother of shooting suspect Adam Lanza was found shot to death on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. Photo: Ned Gerard -
State Police speak to neighbors on Yogananda Street in Newtown, Conn., where the mother of shooting suspect Adam Lanza was found shot to death on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. Photo: Ned Gerard -
A school bus carrying high school students drives up Yogananda Street in Newtown, Conn., where the mother of shooting suspect Adam Lanza was found shot to death on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. Photo: Ned Gerard -
Gov. Dannel Malloy arrives at a press conference in Newtown, Conn., to speak about the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School Dec. 14th, 2012. Photo: Ned Gerard -
Gabriella Ochoa, left, and Vicki Seppell hold candles during a service at Grace Family Church in Newtown, Conn., on Dec. 14, 2012. Photo: Ned Gerard -
Residents attend a candlelight vigil at Grace Family Church in Newtown, Conn., Dec. 14, 2012. Photo: Ned Gerard -
Newtown residents attend a memorial service at St. Rose of Lima Church on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. Photo: Christian Abraham -
Newtown residents attend a memorial service at St. Rose of Lima Church on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012.
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Newtown residents attend a memorial service at St. Rose of Lima Church on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. Photo: Christian Abraham -
Tiana Dwyer holds a candle during a memorial service at St. Rose of Lima Church in Newtown, Conn., on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. Photo: Christian Abraham -
Joanna Rus, 5, and brother Julian, 8, of Southbury, hold candles during a memorial service at St. Rose of Lima Church in Newtown, Conn., on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. Photo: Christian Abraham -
Residents attend a memorial service at St. Rose of Lima Church in Newtown, Conn., on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. Photo: Christian Abraham -
Residents attend a memorial service at St. Rose of Lima Church in Newtown, Conn., on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. Photo: Christian Abraham -
During a memorial service at St. Rose of Lima Church, Ray Horvath, who worked with children at Sandy Hook Elementary School, becomes emotional after learning that one of the children he worked with died in the mass shooting earlier in the day. Photo: Christian Abraham -
Residents attend a memorial service at St. Rose of Lima Church in Newtown, Conn., on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. Photo: Christian Abraham -
A signed poster sits in the foyer at St. Rose of Lima Church in Newtown, Conn., during a memorial service on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. Photo: Christian Abraham
